Dictionary

The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.

Example: That is the slough of a rattler; we must be careful.

Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.

Example: This is the slough that came off of his skin after the burn.

To shed (skin).

Example: Snakes slough their skin periodically.

To slide off (like a layer of skin).

Example: A week after he was burned, a layer of skin on his arm sloughed off.

To discard.

Example: East sloughed a heart.

(Western US) To commit truancy, be absent from school without permission. (compare ditch)

Example: "Dude, Kaydn and Jarom are totally sloughing today!"

A muddy or marshy area.

(Eastern United States) A type of swamp or shallow lake system, typically formed as or by the backwater of a larger waterway, similar to a bayou with trees.

Example: We paddled under a canopy of trees through the slough.

(Western United States) A secondary channel of a river delta, usually flushed by the tide.

A state of depression.

Example: John is in a slough.